Kit Surrey SGFA

Kit Surrey SGFA

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Granite FacesKit Surrey

Biography:

All my work is intimately bound up with my interaction with the landscape. My starting point is nearly always through walking or climbing, whether on Dartmoor, or on the cliff tops and moors of West Penwith, that unique part of Cornwall beyond St. Ives to Lands End. Both are ancient landscapes shaped by our long usage of them.

Some drawings that I’m currently working on are specifically concerned with the place where land meets the sea. The sweeping granite and slate faces that form the Cornish coastline hold an irresistible fascination for me, both as a climber and as someone struck by the paradox of apparently immutable rock succumbing inevitably to the relentless erosion of the sea. The perpetual collision of two worlds carries such significance for us as an island people. The location of each drawing is identified very precisely, not only by the name given to the cliff by fellow climbers, but also by the Coastguard identity and by reference to a map and grid reference.

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About The Society of Graphic Fine Art

The Society of Graphic Fine Art - The Drawing Society -
is the only national society in the UK dedicated exclusively to drawing.
Founded in 1919, the Society promotes fine drawing skills in both traditional and contemporary media. Today we have

more than 130 elected members across Britain. We’re professional artists from all areas of the art world who work in all drawing and printmaking media.

Our annual open exhibition, ‘DRAW 17’ was at the Menier Gallery in London.

If you would like to commission a drawing, painting or print we would be pleased to discuss this with you.